#169AA1#169AA1

#169AA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.103 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#169AA1
RGB	rgb(22, 154, 161)
HSL	hsl(183, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -29.72, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 32.47, 203.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.096 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.103 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3165, 25.8526, 37.7360)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#169AA1 #A11D16

analogous

#16A162 #169AA1 #1654A1

triadic

#169AA1 #A1169A #9AA116

tetradic

#169AA1 #6216A1 #A11D16 #54A116

square

#169AA1 #6216A1 #A11D16 #54A116

split-complementary

#169AA1 #A11654 #A16216

monochromatic

#073335 #0F666B #169AA1 #1DCDD7 #4BDFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#169AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#169AA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #169AA1

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##169AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##169AA1	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C85A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #169aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 154, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.103 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b8bc',
    500: '#169aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #169aa1;
$custom-light: #72b8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#169aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.022,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62574,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#169AA1

secondary

#C8514B

accent

#3F35F3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091112

muted

#7B8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #169AA1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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